Lesson: Essentials/51
From The Grove - Academia de Idiomas
Grammar
Too / Enough
- A: How many people are coming to dinner?
- A: Quantas pessoas estão vindo à janta?
- B: I think it will be around 10 people.
- B: Acho que serão em torno de 10 pessoas.
- A: We bought 20 bottles of beer. Do you think that will be enough?
- A: Compramos 20 garrafas de cerveja. Você acha que será suficiente?
- B: I think that will be plenty. It might even be too much.
- B: Eu acho que vai ser mais do que suficiente. Pode até ser demais.
- A: Ok. I'll throw them in the freezer for a while. They're not cold enough yet.
- A: Ok. Vou colocá-las no congelador por um tempo. Elas não estão geladas o suficiente.
- B: That's a good idea. Just make sure they don't get too cold and end up exploding.
- B: Boa ideia. Só tome cuidado para não ficarem geladas demais e explodirem.
- A: Yeah, I'll set a timer for 30 minutes from now.
- A: Sim, vou colocar um alarme para daqui a 30 minutos.
- B: That should be fine.
- B: Aí tudo bem.
1. Complete with too or enough and the adjective in brackets:
- My school is __________ from my house to go on foot. So, I use the bicycle to go to school every morning. (far)
- This T-shirt isn't __________ for me. I need a bigger one. (big)
- That skirt you are wearing is __________ for you. You need a bigger size. (tight)
- I'm a good swimmer, but I'm not __________ to enter a championship. (good)
- The students are __________ to study the irregular verbs list by heart. (lazy)
- The soup isn't __________. I'd like it to be hotter. (hot)
- Peter is __________ to become a police officer. He's only 1.65 cm tall. (short)
- Don't eat that chicken! It's __________. (salty)
- The beach was __________ yesterday, so we decided to go somewhere else. (crowded)
- We wanted to go to Paris last weekend, but the plane tickets were __________, so we stayed at home. (expensive)
- The music is __________ and I can't hear anything you say. (loud)
- I'd like to buy a new car and a good house, but I'm just not __________ to do it. (rich)
- Kelly is __________ to drive a car. She's only 14. (young)
- David is quite a fast runner, but he isn't __________ to beat the Italian runner, who is considered to be the best. (fast)
- We didn't buy the sofa because it wasn't __________. (comfortable)
2. Write three setences using too and three sentences using enough:
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Vocabulary
Computers
- Monitor
- Screen
- Printer
- Ethernet cable
- USB cable
- Keyboard
- Escape key
- Tab
- Caps lock
- Shift key
- Control key
- Alt key
- Space bar
- Return
- Arrow keys
- Numerical keys
- Mouse
- Button
- Laptop
- Power button
- Trackpad
- Harddrive
- Memory
- Flash drive, USB key
- Motherboard
- CPU
- Transistor
- Chip
http://www.languageguide.org/english/vocabulary/computers/
Phrasal Verb
Conversation
- Do you know how to handle computers?
- Do you prefer laptops or desktops? Why?
- Do you think tablets will take place of computers in short future? Why?
- Are you good at typing on the keyboard?
- How important are computers in our lives nowadays? Why?
- Do you know any shortcut using the keyborad? Tell me some...
- Do you prefer small laptops because they're easy to carry on or the bigger ones because of the screen size?
- Do you have a printer at home? If so, how often do you use it?
- Do you have many flash drives? What do you use them for?
- Do you prefer to use the mouse or the trackpad? Why?
Prepositions
Review
1. Fill in the correct word too or enough:
- I left the coffee for a minute to cool down because it was __________ hot to drink.
- He wasn't strong __________ to lift that heavy box.
- There aren't __________ policemen in our town.
- Do you have __________ information to help me with this problem?
- I do not have __________ time to prepare dinner.
- I didn't buy the car because it was __________ expensive.
- He didn't work hard __________ to pass the exam.
- My mum can't sleep because she drinks __________ much coffee.
- She isn't old __________ to start driving.
2. Rewrite the sentences following the model.
- There aren't enough people / to start the meeting / to conclude the work
- There aren't enough people to start the meeting
- There aren't enough people to conclude the work
- This car is too big for us / expensive / house / for this region
- He was fixing the laptop / last night / for his friend / mouse
- The shift and control key of this keyboard aren't working / alt and escape / space bar
- He doesn't have enough information about this printer / the technician / monitor
- They used to fix motherboards here / not / must
- I think there is a problem with the power button / numerical keys / not
- He needs to learn how to use the keyboard / shortcuts / study
3. Describe the picture below.
4. Listening
Answers
- I think she's too excited about the weekend.
- That office has brand new computers.
- We didn't study enough for the test.
- They need to buy a new laptop for that class.
- This keyboard isn't working well!
5. Write a short paragraph explaining how you get prepared to use your computer. Which buttons you press first to turn it on, then what other things you use:
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